NHS
Specimen Reception and Transport Manager
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Job Description
- Req#: C9328-24-1188?language=en&page=1357&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Degree in management or NVQ level 4 in management (or working towards) or equivalent experience
- Significant experience in a managerial role
- Portfolio of experience in project and change management
- Health Service background
- Knowledge of working within a quality systems environment
- Understand how to motivate, organise and train staff
- Ability to lead a team
- Ability to analyse and interpret information to determine appropriate course of action
- Excellent inter-personal skills with good listening skills
- Excellent organisational/planning skills
- A working knowledge of Pathology
- Working knowledge of Pathology IT systems
- Knowledge of Excel/ PowerPoint/Q-Pulse
- Degree in management or NVQ level 4 in management (or working towards) or equivalent experience
- Significant experience in a managerial role
- Portfolio of experience in project and change management
- Health Service background
- Knowledge of working within a quality systems environment
- Understand how to motivate, organise and train staff
- Ability to lead a team
- Ability to analyse and interpret information to determine appropriate course of action
- Excellent inter-personal skills with good listening skills
- Excellent organisational/planning skills
- A working knowledge of Pathology
- Working knowledge of Pathology IT systems
- Knowledge of Excel/ PowerPoint/Q-Pulse
Job summary
The pathology departments at South Tees Hospitals NHSfT and North Tees and Hartlepool NHSfT are working collaboratively to develop a joint service with services being delivered on both hospital sites. As a result this will require cross site working, with the potential to work at any site as needed.
This role will assist in the delivery of day to day operational requirements of the Pathology Specimen Reception and Transport department as part of the section's management team.
Together the Pathology departments across North Tees and South Tees Trusts form one of the largest laboratory services in the region. Our aim is to deliver high quality and timely Pathology results and services to a range of clinical areas both internal and external to the Trusts in order to support patient care.
Over 70% of all patient treatments will include Pathology testing, and it is essential to ensure that all clinical samples are delivered to Pathology and processed in a timely manner to support clinical areas and the treatment of patients.
This post is responsible for the Reception Team, Data Entry Team and Driving Team, comprising over 40 staff members in total.
Main duties of the job
Supervise staff in the Specimen Reception and Transport areas of Pathology.
Ensure Trust HR policies are maintained and delivered (including absence, holiday, pay, disciplinary, etc.).
Ensure all training is delivered appropriately and that systems of ensuring competence are maintained.
Ensure systems are in place to monitor and maintain continuity of consumable stock items in the department.
The department operates a 24/7 service and successful candidates will be required to take part in a rota covering the hours of 8am and 8pm in order to support this.
About us
We support staff development through internal and external training that allows progression of staff to meet their abilities and expectations.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Date posted
09 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
328-CD-6532689
Job locations
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
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Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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